London, Apr 28 : Legendary Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome film festival.

The `Out of Africa' star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, reports The Daily Star.

Streep will hold an onstage conversation about her stellar career during the event''s fourth edition.

The gong had earlier been presented to Sir Sean Connery and Al Pacino.

Washington, Feb 10 : American actress Meryl Streep has vowed not to wear any designer dresses to the awards but to stick with her own outfits for luck.

Streep had refused to wear a designer dress to the recent Screen Actor''s Guild Awards and picked out one of her own instead, and she was surprised when she won the Best Actress award for her role in `Doubt'.

London, Feb 3 : Veteran Hollywood star Meryl Streep has revealed that her daughters have helped her to stop worrying about her appearance over the years.

The `Rendition' actress , who will be 60 in June, said that her daughters urged her to stop worrying about "tiny things" as she is charming in her own way.

"I wasted so many years thinking I wasn''t pretty enough and why didn''t I have Jessica Lange''s body or someone else''s legs? What a waste of time," the Telegraph quoted Streep, as telling Radio Times magazine.

London, January 18: Oscar-winner Meryl Streep has slammed show business for its prejudice against those beginning to wrinkle.

The actress revealed that she had herself encountered ageism in the industry but would continue to challenge the discrimination.

"Of course there is ageism in the film industry. There''s discrimination in every profession," the Telegraph quoted her as saying at the London opening of her new film, `Doubt'.

"Look around the room. There are a lot of young women here who are journalists, but do you see any women my age? No.

Washington, Dec 15 : American actress Meryl Streep has revealed that she was denied a role in the 1976 movie `King Kong' because she was "too ugly".

Streep, 59, had an audition for the role with Italian producer Dino De Laurentis, and she heard him saying in Italian to his son that she was too ugly.

Laurentis had not realised that the Oscar winner could understand and speak the language fluently when he crudely dismissed her.

New Delhi, Dec 2 : American actress Meryl Streep has revealed that she would love to do a ''Mamma Mia!'' sequel.

Streep was quite a hit with her singing, all-dancing role in the movie, and she is keen to do a follow up of the movie, which is based on the songs of Swedish band ABBA, the China Daily reports.

“Grand Mamma Mia! I like it! I''m up for doing a sequel, as long as you can get those fabulous boys - Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Dominic Cooper - back!” she said.